In reply to: Thanks, and for your mention of Mallory Bohl. * posted by BabaGhanouj
for ND I would think. I don't know what the rules are for reduced tuition wrt to athletes receiving an athletic scholarship.
with your "hogwash" comment. We're definitely the #1 fencing program in the country, won National Championships in WBB and MSOC not too long ago and been very close in numerous other sports. An outstanding coach is the key.
People look at programs like Alabama in football, Penn State in wrestling, or South Carolina in women's basketball and think winning is just a matter of plugging new gears into the machine.
All three of those programs has a couple of things in common. Excellent coaches who are not only great "Xs and Os" coaches, but also people who understand the value of relationships.
One thing I hear time and time again is that the single most valuable characteristic a modern coach can have is the ability to create and maintain relationships.
..it shows me that the coach is drawing the right players and coaching them up.
Also, Randy Waldrum -- remember him? -- has started building up the Pitt Women's program to be among the top third in the ACC.
But the Women's Hoops -- ahough they play hard -- languish near the cellar of the ACC. Vollyball great? Hoops, suck? Can't be the institution. Need to get a new coach.
Coach Jarrett and I'll bet that Coach Stiffler will maintain the positive momentum, though I don't expect a CWS appearance this year.
It is hard to believe that Kevin Corrigan has a built a lacrosse program in Indiana into a national power.
Coaching does matter and anything is possible, especially in this new world...
And his work with some NCAA champ in XC and Track and Olympic medalist named Seidel. Molly Seidel.